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L'aldila (1981)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 86 mins (UK)
87 mins (USA) 88 mins (Italy)
Format: Eastmancolor Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Fulvia Films
Production: Fabrizio
de Angelis
Unit Manager: Tullio Lulli
SCRIPT
Script: Lucio Fulci, Giorgio Mariuzzo, Dardano Sachetti
Story: Dardano Sachetti
DIRECTION
Director: Lucio Fulci (Lewis (or Louis) Fuller on US prints)
Assistant Director: Roberto Giandalia
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sergio Salvati
Camera: Franco Bruni
Assistant Camera: Maurizio Lucchini
Key Grip: Lamberto Del Bene
Chief Electrician: Alfredo Fedeli
Colour/Labs: Technicolor
Negatives: Eastmancolor
Camera Equipment: Cinenoleggio
Stills: Alberto Cocchi
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Vincenzo Tomassi
Assistant Editors: Pietro Tomassi, Armando Pace
MUSIC
Music: Fabio Frizzi
US Version Music: Mitch Tuspeh, Ira Tuspeh
Music Published By: Deaf Music
SOUND
Sound Engineer: Ugo Celani
Boom Operator: Eros Giustini
Sound Studios: N.C.
Sound Mixer: Bruno Moreal
Special Sound Effects: Enzo Di Liberto, Studio Sound
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Maurizio Trani
Hair: Luciana Palombi
Costume Designer: Massimo Lentini
Costumes: S.A.F.A.S.
Wigs: Rocchetti Carboni
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up: Giannetto De Rossi
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Giannetto De Rossi, Germano Natali
Titles and Visual Effects: Penta Studio
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Massimo Lentini
Assistant Designer: Claudia Giammona
Props Master: Rodolfo Ruzza
Props Assistant: Franco Rinaldi
Set Furnishings: G.R.P.
Set Dresser: Alfredo D'Angelo
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Rita Agostini
Production Secretary: Fabrizio De Martino
Transport: Romana Trasporti Cinematografica
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: The Louisiana Film Commission
LOCATIONS
Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Incir-De Paolis Studios, Rome
STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Nazzareno Cardinali
CAST
Katherine (rn: Catriona) McColl (Liza Merrill)
David Warbeck (Dr John McCabe)
Sarah Keller (rn: Cinzia Monreale) (Emily)
Veronica Lazar (Martha)
Anthony Saint Jon (rn: Antoine Saint Jean) (Schweik)
Anthony Flees (Larry)
Al Cliver (rn: Pier Luigi Conti) (Doctor Harris)
Giovanni de Nava (Joe)
Michele Mirabella (Martin Avery)
Laura De Marchi (Mary Ann)
Giampaolo Saccarola (Arthur)
Maria Pia Marsale (Jill)
Lucio Fulci (librarian - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
A young woman inherits an old hotel in New Orleans,
not realising that the building is standing on one of the gateways to
Hell itself. People soon start dying in grisly ways and before long,
the local hospital is soon full of zombies.
CAPSULE REVIEW
One of Fulci's best film, L'aldila may not make
an awful lot of sense but it is beautifully made and comes as close
as any film to capturing that much discussed sense of watching someone
else's dream. The visuals are some of the best Fulci ever shot and hallucinatory
ambience serves only to underscore the moments of visceral horror.
AVAILABILITY
Australia
Video Distributor: Palace Explosive
Denmark
Video Distributor: Vipco
France
Video Distributor: South Pacific; MPM; Lumieres/Carrere
Germany
Video Distributor: VMP
Greece
Video Distributor: Videosonic
Netherlands
Video Distributor: Video For Pleasure
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Medusa Distribuzione
Video Distributor: Avo Film
Sweden
Video Distributor: Video Invest
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Eagle
Video Distributors: Videomedia; Elephant; Vipco
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Aquarius Releasing (as Seven Doors of Death);
Rolling Thunder Pictures/Grindhouse Releasing/Cowboy Booking International
(as The Beyond)
Video Distributor: ThrillerVideo
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Video version cut to 83 minutes
France
Video version cut to 83 mins55 sec
Germany
Video version cut to 83 mins43 sec and the opening sequence is shown
in colour, not in sepia.
Italy
Rating: 18
Video released with the opening sequence missing
Netherlands
Unbelievably, even here, in the land most fabled among British fans
for its alledged freedom from censorship, the video version was cut
to 83 mins51 sec.
Sweden
Video version cut
UK
Rating: X
Where to begin... The first video release, on Videomedia/Vampix, was
the same as the British theatrical version, which clocked in at 81 mins59
sec. That didn't stop it from being banned, though the same running
time was clocked for the Elephant release and the subsequent Vipco version
seems to have come in at 82 mins16 sec, a staggering 17 seconds longer!
Finally, in 2001, the film was given an uncut release in teh UK on both
video and DVD.
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1980
October
20: Shooting begins
November
Shooting ends
1981
April
29: Italian theatrical release
November
19: UK theatrical release
1998
June
12: US theatrical re-release
POSTER TAGS
Jetzt kommt er... der neueste Zombi-Film!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
...E Tu Vivrai Nel Terrore L'Aldila - publicity
title
The Beyond - UK/US title
Seven Doors of Death - US title
L'Au Dela - French title
Die Geisterstadt der Zombies - German title
Uber dem Jenseits - German title
Hotel der Verdoemden
As Sete Portas do Inferno
Es Mas Alla - Spanish title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Cahiers du Cinema 329 (November 1981) p.63
Delirium 4 pp.17-18
review, credits
L'Ecran Fantastique 21 (1981) pp.56-58
Empire November 1998 p.95
review
Fangoria 141 (April 1995) pp.62-68
illustrated article
Fangoria 176 (September 1998) pp.40-43,
76
illustrated interview
Fantasy Film Memory Directed By... 2 pp.9-10,
35
review
Films vol.2 no.3 (February 1982) p.32
review (by Eric Braun)
Films and Filming no.328 (January 1982)
pp.37-38
illustrated review (by Julian Petley)
Halls of Horror 27 p.17
video data
Hollywood Reporter vol.279 no.29 (22 November
1983)
review (by Gerry Putzer)
In the Flesh 3 p.6
review
Macabro 1
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.48 no.575 (December
1981) p.243
credits, synopsis, review (by Tim Pulleine)
Raw Virus 1
review
Screen International no.316 (31 October
1981) p.19
review by Marjorie Bilbow
Screen International no.492 (13 April 1985)
p.70
note that The Beyond has been removed from the Director
of Public Prosecution's 'video nasties' list
Spaghetti Cinema no.27
review by John Thonen
Spaghetti Cinema no.65 (August 1996) p.42
credits, article (by William Connolly)
Starburst no.40 (1981) pp.12-13
illustrated review (by Alan Jones)
Starburst no.64 p.43
note
Variety 1 July 1981 p.16
review (by Yung)
Variety Italian Production Chart 15 October
1980 p.194
production details
Variety Italian Production Chart 18 March
1981 p.160
production details
BOOKS
Beyond Terror pp.278
credits, review
Creature Features Strikes Again p.342
review
Film Yearbook (Speed) 1983 p.10
review, credits
The Seduction of the Gullible (2nd edition)
pp.19-21
review, censorship details
Spaghetti Nightmares p.163
credits
KEYWORDS
acid, afterlife, animals, blindness, books, bookshops,
crucifixion, doctors, dogs, eye gouging, gateway to hell, hell, hospitals,
hotels, insects, libraries, lynch mobs, morgues, new orleans, spiders,
warlocks, zombies
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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